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Authority ( adj. )
- The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge
- Power assigned to another; authorization
- An accepted source of expert information or advice
- Power to influence or persuade resulting from knowledge or experience
- Confidence derived from experience or practice; firm self assurance
Commutator ( n. ) – a device used to reverse the direction of an electric current
Companionable (adj. ) – friendly, sociable
Comport ( v. ) – to conduct or behave ( oneself ) in a particular manner
Demeanor ( n. ) – the way in which a person behaves, deportment
Discreet ( adj. ) – showing caution and good judgment in what one does
    e.g. not giving away secrets
Dissertation ( n. ) - A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university, a thesis
Feign ( v. )
- to give a false appearance of
- to represent falsely, pretend to
- to fabricate
Misnomer ( n. )
- an error in naming a person or place
- application of a wrong name
- a name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
Sojourn ( n. ) – a temporary stay, a brief period of residence
Sojourn ( v. ) – to reside temporarily